Tag: History
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A “Brief Respite from a Harsh Reality”
A “chess set made from paper in the Buchenwald camp by political prisoner Hermann Rautenberg, a Jew from Berlin.” “On an old fishing boat, posing as a group of innocent boating enthusiasts, Herman Rautenberg from Berlin met with other youths involved in anti-Nazi activities. In spite of being arrested a number of times, Rautenberg was…
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Lectores
Since 1865, lectores in Cuban factories have read to the workers while they roll cigars. They read the news, novels, horoscopes, and recipes. While essentially performing in-house broadcasts, the lectores have been their informal teachers. “Far from being laborers starved of culture, cigar rollers had the opportunity to examine new ideas, remain informed, and gain perspective…
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“I loved without memory.”
Masha Ivashintsova was born in Russia in 1942. When the Leningrad native passed away in 2000, they left behind over 30,000 photographs that had never been seen by anyone. As Ivashintsova’s daughter explains: My mother, Masha Ivashintsova, was heavily engaged in the Leningrad poetic and photography underground movement of the 1960−80s. She was a lover of three geniuses of the time:…